{"id":3414,"date":"2021-06-24T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2021-06-22T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:20:28","slug":"his-eye-is-on-the-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3414","title":{"rendered":"His Eye Is on the Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today we wrap up our observations on the life of Elijah &#8211; a life which ends with an exciting fiery chariot ride in a whirlwind&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cAsk what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.\u201d And Elisha said, \u201cPlease let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.\u201d And he said, \u201cYou have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.\u201d And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried, \u201cMy father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!\u201d And he saw him no more. (2 Kings 2.9 &#8211; 12, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I&#8217;d like to think that Elijah, looking back on his life, might heartily agree with the sentiments of <em>His Eye Is on the Sparrow<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come,<br>Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home,<br>When Jesus is my portion? My constant friend is He:<br>His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;<br>His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I sing because I\u2019m happy,<br>I sing because I\u2019m free,<br>For His eye is on the sparrow,<br>And I know He watches me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cLet not your heart be troubled,\u201d His tender word I hear,<br>And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubts and fears;<br>Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see;<br>His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;<br>His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our daughter Melody just recorded this song for our niece Tara&#8217;s wedding on June 19. Melody is teaching music in China and because of COVID restrictions, she couldn&#8217;t come home this summer as she usually does. Click the picture or the link below the picture to hear the song:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MSKViAbAhMqaJZebFNsNVEdZ_UEbjmpy\/view?usp=sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?resize=474%2C258&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?resize=1024%2C558&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?resize=768%2C418&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?resize=1536%2C837&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?w=1681&amp;ssl=1 1681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?w=948&amp;ssl=1 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/drbobewell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/image-2.png?w=1422&amp;ssl=1 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Melody Gifford singing &#8220;His Eye Is on the Sparrow&#8221;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video of <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MSKViAbAhMqaJZebFNsNVEdZ_UEbjmpy\/view?usp=sharing\">His Eye Is on the Sparrow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10.29 &#8211; 31, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we wrap up our observations on the life of Elijah &#8211; a life which ends with an exciting fiery chariot ride in a whirlwind&#8230; When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, \u201cAsk what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.\u201d And Elisha said, \u201cPlease let there be a double &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=3414\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">His Eye Is on the Sparrow<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8X9bo-T4","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}